Safe Sanctuaries For Youth: Reducing The Risk Of Abuse In Youth Ministries

Melton, Joy Thornburg

ISBN 10: 0881774049 / ISBN 13: 9780881774047

Published by Discipleship Resources, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Safe Sanctuaries For Youth: Reducing The Risk Of Abuse In Youth Ministries
• Publisher: Discipleship Resources
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881774049
• ISBN 13: 9780881774047
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Attorney Joy T. Melton, author of the bestseller, Safe Sanctuaries: Reducing the Risk of Child Abuse in the Church (Discipleship Resources, 1998), brings us another excellent guide for reducing abuse in the church. The daily news illustrates the high potential for occurrences of abuse or allegations of abuse in youth ministry. With that in mind, Melton has taken the initiative to develop a resource designed to help churches assess risk and implement processes to help congregations take steps to reduce the likelihood of abuse in their congregational settings.

Unique features include: suggested process and tools for developing and implementing policy; guidance in recruiting, screening, and hiring workers; basic procedures for safe ministry with youth; how to handle issues related to camping, retreats, mission trips, lock-ins, choir tours, and other settings; how to develop a congregational plan to respond to allegations of abuse; suggested training model for youth ministry workers; service and stories of healing; sample forms.

About the Author

Joy Thornburg Melton is a United Methodist pastor, Christian educator, and family and church law attorney in Atlanta, GA. An ordained deacon in the North Georgia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, she has written United Methodist curriculum and the book, Safe Sanctuaries: Reducing the Risk of Child Abuse in the Church. Since the publication of Safe Sanctuaries, Joy has become a recognized national leader in the area of developing abuse prevention policies. She has provided training and consultation for numerous annual conferences and other groups on this topic. For the last several years, Rev. Melton has been working with her conference in the area of risk reduction for children and abuse issues. Recently she has been providing risk reduction management training for the camp counselors at Camp Gleason in North Georgia. She is uniquely qualified to understand both the legal and church issues related to abuse with the church.